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1863. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



335 



Hall was refitted, and adapted to the display of 

 Fruit, and dedicated to the Goddess Pomona. The 

 display here was very large and very fine, compri- 

 sing nearly all the varieties of fruits grown intMs 

 latitude, now in season, and amply demonstrating 

 that Illinois is destined to, or rather has already 

 reached a high position as a fruit growing State. 



The following list comprises the names of the 

 exhibitors in this department: 



Wm. Gates, Tyler, Winnebago county ; J. S. 

 Knowlton, Byron, Ogle county ; Dr. Geo. Haskell, 

 Rockford, Illinois ; W. H. Hansen, Franklin Grove, 

 Lee county; W. C. Flagg, Moro, Madison county; 

 C. W. Dimmock, Alton, Madison county; D. W. 

 Ticknor, Rockford ; I. D. G. Nelson, Fort Wayne, 

 Indiana ; W. F. Pariish, Rockford ; Elwanger & 

 Barry, Rochester, New York ; S. W. Arnold, Cort- 

 land, DeKalb county ; S. G. Minkler, Specie Grove, 

 Kendall county ; Mrs. W. F. Parrish, Rockford ; 

 0. B. Galusha, Lisbon, Kendall county ; A. Bryan 

 & Son, Princeton, Bureau county ; T. A. Chandler, 

 Rockford ; A. M. Weldon, Rockford ; Daniel Baker, 

 Rockford ; A. Bucll, Little Prairie Round, Michi- 

 gan; L. Weodard & Company, Marengo, McHenry 

 county; Andrus Corbin, Rockford; Wm. Cook, 

 Sterling, Whiteside county; D. S. Penfield, Rock- 

 ford ; E. Frost, Alton, Illinois ; Williams & Wit- 

 bold, Chicago; H. P. Kimball, Rockford; E. Ord- 

 way, Freeport, Stephenson county; W. C. Hanford, 

 Rockford; Dr. B. F. Long, Alton, Illinois; M. 

 Collins, Rockford ; Dr. H. Schroeder. Blooraington, 

 Illinois; J. H. Tice, St. Louis, Missouri; E. R. 

 Mason, St. Louis, Missouri ; Dr. H. Claggett, St. 

 Louis, Missouri ; Dr. George Haskell, Rockford ; 

 E. P. Snow, Oregon, Ogle county ; D. L. Emerson, 

 Rockford ; Isaac Andrus, Rockford ; C. C. Wams- 

 ley, Polo, Ogle county ; J. S. Shearman, Rockford ; 

 Dr. C. N. Andrews, Rockford ; D. L. Emerson, 

 Rockford; James L. Tubbs, Elkhorn, Wisconsin; 

 Samuel Edwards, LaMoille, Illinois. 



Total number of entries in this department, one 



hundred and one. 



GARDEN HALL. 



The third hall, heretofore Floral Hall, is appro- 

 priated to the products of the garden, including 

 onions, beets, potatoes, cabbage, parsnips, sweet 

 corn, squashes, beans, sorghum, etc. The display 

 here was not large in respect to number of entries, 

 but there were some very large and fine specimens 

 of garden vegetable, showing the skill of our gar- 

 deners. Mr. G. B. Alverson was the largest con- 

 tributor, having a large variety of garden products. 

 J. H. Douglass, W. Gates, D. S. Pardee, F. P. 

 Cammann, Harry Landers, Jason Marsh, Charles 

 S. H. Butler, Spencer Post, C. W. Muitfeldt, and 

 others, were also among the contributors. 



DISCUSSIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Each evening during the Fair there have been 

 sessions of the Society at the Court House, for 

 business, discussion of practical subjects, reading 

 of Essays, etc. 



TUKSDAT EVENING. 



G. W. Minier, President of the Society, caHed 

 the meeting to order and awaited suggestions from 

 members of the Society. 



Mr. 0. B. Galusha moved that a committee be 

 appointed by the Chair to prepare resolutions in 

 relation to the death of the late Dr. John A. Ken- 

 nicott, which was unanimously adopted. 



Mr. Flagg ofiFered a resolution that a committee 

 of seven be appointed, of which the President shall 

 be Chairman, to report tomorrow evening on the 

 subject of an Agricultural College or Colleges in 

 Illinois. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 

 The President explained the present condition 

 of the movement in regard to an Agricultural Col- 

 lege, that the matter was before the Legislature, 

 but was not definitely acted upon, owing to th« 

 proroguing the Legislature by Gov. Yates. 



Judge Church explained that there was a good 

 deal of log rolling upon the subject of the Agri- 

 cultural College in the Legislature, and there 

 seemed to be much doubt and ignorance as to the 

 real wants of the Agriculturists ; and it seemed to 

 be a general desire that the matter should be post- 

 poned until a bill satisfactory to the farmers should 

 be digested, and that was principally the reason 

 why nothing was done in the Legislature. 



Judge A. S. Hiller, said Illinois, in her Agricul- 

 tural resources was and must be the first State in 

 the Union, and we must therefore lay a broad 

 foundation for the future. In his estimation an 

 Agricultural College should be the first and main 

 theory. We do not want simply a professorship 

 in a college, but a college itself, which should em- 

 brace within its folds Agriculture, Horticulture, 

 etc. Everything should be taught connected with 

 Agriculture — Chemistry as applied to all Agricul- 

 tural products, measures, etc. — so that Agricultu- 

 rists should know their business, and thus exercise 

 the influence which properly belongs to them. 



Dr. Long, of Alton, said he believed that Agri- 

 cultural Schools were a necessity, wherein may be 

 taught the true science of Agricultui e. not simply 

 by books, but by practical expcrimeuts. These 

 things are not now taught in our schools, but he 

 did not know why they ought not to be. We have 

 not a school in Illinois which teaches any of the 

 sciences — Etymology, Botany — and other like sci- 

 ences connected with Agriculture. A school ought 

 to be commenced at once. He wanted the farmers 

 to see to it that the fund appropriated by Congress 

 should be properly used for the purpose for ti hich 

 it was intended. 



After some further debate, the subject was laid 

 over until to-morrow evening. 



The President announeed the following gentle- 

 men as the committee on the resolutions in regard 

 to the death of Dr. Kennicott, viz : Dr. Warder, 

 of Cincinnati ; C. D. Bragdon, H. D. Emery, 0. B. 

 Galusha, C. R. Overman, S. G. Minker and C. W. 

 Murtfeldt. 



The subject of the place for the next annual 

 meeting was taken up, and it was understood that 

 Decatur had presented claims for the honor. 

 Peoria, Bloomington and other places had also 

 made their claims. The impression seemed to be 

 that Decatur was most wide awake upon the sub- 

 ject. The invitation from Bloomington is a stand- 

 ing one from year to year ; but as the Society had 



